False Pretenses - Jacob Asch, Bk 11 Author:Arthur Lyons On the fringes of L.A., private eye Jacob Asch was working for $25 an hour testing the memories of octogenarians when a client hired him to follow a blonde. When Asch got back from the fool's errand the client was sitting in his office, his brains blown out. The killing leads Asch from two rough L.A. cops into the arms of a rare creation, a ... more »detective named Leslie Boetticher who is willing to put in overtime on the case.
Asking Asch's help with two related murders, she takes him to never-never land. Now, balancing on an erotic high wire above a sprawling cityscape of junkies, violence, and lies, Jacob Asch is suddenly searching for just one little piece of truth. The one that will save his life, or else get him killed.« less